Full readings from my time at the PCP this week. Not good - especially in a known COVID surge in MA - better ventilation, HEPA (merv 13) filters, and masking would go miles in protecting your staff and patients from acquired illness at your facilities.

**Outdoors, CO2 levels are 400-475 ppm. Above 800 ppm, at least 1% of your air is “shared” - meaning you're breathing in exhaled air. CO2 levels above 1,000 ppm is a sign there are elevated risks of potential virus transmission for everyone in the room. Spaces with multiple occupants should aim for 600 ppm to prevent cross-infection.

#covidisnotover #maskup #openawindow
#indoorairquality #covidco2 #cleanair #cleanairnow #cleanairforall #cleanaireverywhere
#airborneaware #airquality
#longcovid #aranet4 #aranet #covid19 #ventilation #southshorema #plymouthma #massachusetts

"Is Household Air Pollution Taking a Toll on Our Lungs?"

Did you know that the air quality in our homes could impact our lung health? 🏡🌬️

Read more
https://blog.rapusia.org/health/2345/household-air-pollution-has-serious-effects-on-our-lungs/

#AirPollution #LungHealth #IndoorAirQuality 🌍🫁🏠

Is this UVGI at MacDonalds? Is it likely to be doing much? Seems to only cover a very small volume of air.

CO2 (at <50% occupancy) was 700-800ppm.

#iaq #indoorairquality #uvgi #cleanair #cleanairtechnology @cleanairstars @joeyfox @DavidElfstrom @robynschofield3 @akm5376

I was stoked about the arrival of my
#Atmotube air quality monitor to detect smoke where we travel. That is, until I saw the unconscionable gaslighting kicking off this blog post:

"Since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic..."
https://atmotube.com/blog/improving-workplace-productivity-and-employee-well-being-with-indoor-air-quality-monitoring

End? You do know who your target customer base is, right?

#iaq #wildfires #indoorairquality

To my school principal who insists he's not "technical" and can't understand hvac engineering, doesn't get any clearer than this. If you're not (learning about and) fighting for clean air for kids as the CEO of the grade school, what are we even doing here?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/opinion/air-filter-covid-smoke-schools.html
#cleanair #indoorairquality #COVIDisAirborne

More #vacation #travel #preparation:

The replacement filters for the portable air filter have arrived. They are the correct size and look and smell okay 👍

The air filter has a built-in battery and charges via USB. Do I need a separate power bank just in case? 🤔🔋🪫🔌

⛴️🚅🧳🇦🇹🇮🇹🇬🇷

#covid19 #covid #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #LongCOVID #Ventilation #SarsCov2 #AirFiltration #HEPA #pandemic #pandemicpreparedness #smoke #davossafe #HEPAFilter #HEPAfilters #luftfilter #CovidMitigation #IndoorAirQuality #health #goodhealth #gesundheit #airborne #airpollution #wildfires #waldbrande

Designing infectious disease resilience into school buildings through improvements to ventilation and air cleaning

#COVID19 #IndoorAirQuality

https://covid19commission.org/commpub/designing-infectious-disease-resilience-into-school-buildings-through-improvements-ventilation-and-air-filtration

There's Now a Rapid, Accurate COVID-19 Air Detector https://time.com/6294198/covid-19-air-detector/ #COVID #IndoorAirQuality

Experts in science, medicine, & other fields will save us if we listen to them. #CovidMitigation #IndoorAirQuality #CleanAir #AirborneVirusDetection
New Air Monitor Can Detect COVID-19, Flu, RSV, and Other Viruses in Real-Time: https://scitechdaily.com/new-air-monitor-can-detect-covid-19-flu-rsv-and-other-viruses-in-real-time/

"
📢🏃‍♀️ Announcing a new feature for the #Aranet4 HOME in the Aranet Home app: Instant CO2 measurement.

This one is a game-changer, especially in crowded locations. There's no more waiting to learn how clean air quality is. While display intervals could always be adjusted, now you can speed things up with real-time CO2 assessments - just press one button.
"
https://nitter.net/AranetIoT/status/1671229373725147157

#AranetIoT #CO2 #IndoorAirQuality #EnvironmentalAwareness

@mikewren @rmondello

Are you aware that frying food produces a lot of #particles as well? If you place a particle monitor next to your cooking unit, you can see the massive rise that especially heating up oil and other fats and frying in them produces. I remember tests by #IndoorAirQuality specialist trying out different pans (non-stick teflon versus steel).

@cleanairstars might have some more info on their pages about this.

More scientific evidence from a study released this week shows that ‘cooking with gas’ means releasing the carcinogen benzene into your home (along with other harmful compounds).

#GasStove #NaturalGas #Benzene #IndoorAirQuality

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c09289#

More scientific evidence from a study released this week shows that ‘cooking with gas’ means releasing the carcinogen benzene into your home (along with other harmful compounds).

#GasStove #NaturalGas #Benzene #IndoorAirQuality

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c09289#

⭐️ “Improvements in ventilation & filtration should happen in schools & other buildings

⭐️ “As the saying goes, we wouldn’t accept a glass full of dirty water, and we should no longer accept a lungful of dirty air.”
#indoorairquality #indoorair #airfiltration #airpollution #cleanair

“If the pandemic was whispering to us about air quality, the wildfires are screaming to us about it.” Great OpEd by Linsey Marr.

⭐️Long-term exposure to air pollution ➡️ incr risk of heart disease, cancer, worsened asthma symptoms, etc.

⭐️ Portable air filtration units can remove viruses, smoke particles, pollutants, common allergens like dust, pollen, mold, etc. 1/2

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opinion/wildfire-smoke-air-quality-viruses.html

#indoorairquality #indoorair #airfiltration #airpollution #cleanair

Controlled burning taking place around #meanjin #brisbane. Came home to a closed up house with pm2.5 sitting at 40ug/m3. Urgh. But it does give a chance to see the effect of my filters on the #indoorairquality #iaq. Down to 24 already … #corsirosenthalbox #crbox #smoke #pollution

Wait, we don’t clean indoor air? We just breathe whatever’s in there and don’t even try to make it safer? There is essentially an open sewer in the air, and that’s fine?

Can we, like, at least get some air filters going?

#indoorairquality

For the first time, CDC has set a minimum ventilation target- 5 air changes per hour (ACH)- for all occupied indoor spaces and released new and updated guidance on ventilation in buildings:

#IAQ #Ventilation #ACH #IndoorAirQuality #COVID #COVID19 #HVAC

https://cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/Improving-Ventilation-in-buildings.html

Excellent article on indoor air quality in schools!

Informed by real world data collection and research translation as STEM education for students (in QLD Australia).

Pragmatic discussion of managing natural ventilation.

‘Having a CO2 monitor fitted in every classroom supports all types of bespoke solutions, because every classroom is so different.’ @cleanairstars #iaq #indoorairquality #SafeSchools #COVIDisAirborne https://www.teachermagazine.com/au_en/articles/improving-indoor-air-quality-in-classrooms

@tuphlos You have to love how this is the conference where they decided that masking at healthcare facilities should be up to the individual "if they feel like it" and not recommended by the CDC--while at the same time not pushing for air filtration or ventilation standards.

But sure, let us waste tax dollars investigating what happened to CDC people while the rest of the population is left to fend for themselves.

#COVID19 #IndoorAirQuality